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Puerulus (crustacean)

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Puerulus
Puerulus mesodontus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Palinuridae
Genus: Puerulus
Ortmann, 1897
Type species
Panulirus angulatus
Bate, 1888[1]
Species

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Puerulus, commonly known as whip lobsters, is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, native to the Indo-Pacific at depths of 200 to 700 meters.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Genus Puerulus", Marine Species Identification Portal, Accessed 3 April 2020. [1]
  2. ^ Wardiatno, Yusli et al. “First record of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) from south of Java, Indonesia.” Biodiversity data journal ,4 e8069. 7 Mar. 2016, doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8069

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